Globe-holder.



J. E. MARTIN.

GLOBE HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 20, 1912.

1,029,384., Patented June l1, 1912.

ATTORNEYS UNITED 'sTAfrnsrATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH E. MARTIN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE BRYANTELECTRIC COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION 0FCONNECTICUT.

GLOBE-HOLDER.

spcification of Letters Patent. Patented June 11, 1912.

Application filed January 20, 1912. Serial No. 672,295.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Josemi E. MARTIN, a citizen of the United StatesofAmerica, re siding in Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGlobe-I'Iolders, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement u'pon the construction of globesupports o r 'shade holders for gas and electric lamps and the like,forming` the subject of the patent of Anderson, 1ro. 905,12*?, datedDecember 1, 1908, the object ot.' my invention being to improve andsimplify the construct-ion ot' the clasp for supporting the'globe orshade.

In the accompimying drawing Figure 1 is a vertical section on the line 11, Fig. 2, of an electric lamp shade holder embodyingl my invention;Fig. 2 is a sectional plan on the line 2-2, Fig. 1, showing the clasp inits vnormal closed position; Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the claspopened out Jfor the insertion or removal ot the shade.

In the drawing l have shown my invention as applied to that torni ofshade holder Q Within this gallery is a. globe-supporting spring claspot' wire to grasp the neck olf.

the shade or globe. As described in said Anderson patent, thissupporting clasp has an inner coil 111 and an outer coil 16, the outercoil being not a complete ring but two ends or arms bearing against theinner face let' the gallery. The inner coil 14. has a projecting fold22, extending through a guide slot 25 in the gallery, while on theopposite side the outer coil 16 has folds 20 and 2l extending throughlong guide slots 23 and 24 respectively.

' My present .improvement relates particularly to the construction of'the coil ends 1G. I impart to each of these coilends a, reverse bend sothat each will have two bearing points m and y to bear against the innerface of the gallery 17 when the clasp is in the closed position shown inFig. 2, to grasp and support the shade or globe.

When by nipping the folds or arms 20, 21

together by the fingers of the hand, the clasp is expanded to permit thewithdrawal or insertion of the neck ofthe shade or globe, as shown inFig. 3, the ends y/ will still bear against the gallery near the ends ofthe slots 23 and 24.

I claim as my invention-4 1. In globe supports, the combination of agallery With a self-centering spring clasp having an inner coil whichgrasps the neck of the shade or globe and an outer coil whose endsbearagainst the inside of the gallery, said outer coil ends having eachtwo points ofbearing vagainst the gallery Vwhen grasping the shade orglobe, substantially described.

2. In globe supports, the combination of a gallery with a self-centeringspring clasp having an inner coil vwhich grasps the neck of the shadevor globe and an outer coil whose ends bear against the inside of thegallery, said outer coil ends each having reverse bends to afford twopoints of bearing against the gallery, substantially as described.

In testimony whercofI have signed my name' to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ll. C. Rooonns, linANK R. Giona

